Although the drought currently taking place in California and Texas — one of the worst in the last 100 years — has been dominating the headlines, the U.S. is not the only area this side of the Atlantic facing severe water shortages. Throughout Latin America, drought has been creating similar…
Thousands of Venezuelans Forced to Leave Homes in Towering Skyscraper Slum
Some 3,000 of Caracas, Venezuela’s poor have been evicted from their homes in the 45-story shantytown called the “Tower of David.” According to an August 3 Deseret News article, the tower has been inhabited for about seven years after construction on the skyscraper halted during Venezuela’s financial crisis. The “Tower…